Hicks's new dump body design is built with the same innovation; a revolutionary, patented, modular, weld-free body that will increase your payload.
Strength.
Degradation occurs in raw material during welding. Designed with 2 times the strength and 10 times the life, Hicks's weld-free aluminum dump body is constructed with aluminum extrusions that interlock with Huck fasteners. The aluminum retains its original strength.
Read Hicks's bolted versus welded blog post here.
Modularity.
Bolting aluminum extrusions with Huck fasteners (versus welding) means modularity. Hicks's trailers can be repaired to a like-new state.
Hicks's dump body has readily interchangeable and replaceable floor, sills, posts, sides, and light box components.
Increase your payload.
This Hicks simple 16 dump body, pictured below, is maximizing bridge laws and is projected to haul an additional 2,000 lbs of material a year. Conservative data tells us you make about $6/year for every pound you haul. 2,000 lbs = $10,000/year or $1,250/month. And, your maintenance costs will drop with new equipment.
Size your equipment efficiently for your operation. Too often, aggregate haulers use equipment with far more capacity than they need. That adds to lost payload (remember $6.00/lb/year) and excessive initial cost. You need to allow for some “crowning”, so we estimate usable capacity of 72%.
Manueverabilty.
Now, dump body lovers can have the same weld-free design with Huck fasteners that allows for maximum manueverability.
Customers customize length and width to fit their optimal operations.